Mac Weighs In: Israel, Assange, US Pols

Doug Macgregor’s interviews lately have become quite spicy, even considering his usual deadpan delivery. Today he was chatting with Judge Nap on topics of the day. I’ve transcribed some excerpts—little explanation required:

Mac: People need to understand something. There's only one state in the [Middle East] that wants war--that's Israel. And then secondly, the only other state that's interested in war in the region is the United States. Now, I don't think the American people are, but clearly much of Washington is interested in involving itself in a war against Iran. But in order to have a World War I scenario you've got to have multiple actors that are ready and waiting to pull the trigger. That's not the case.

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The Judge: The Court in London--which everyone thought was Julian Assange's final appeal--ordered him extradited a month ago if the United States satisfied the court that he would be tried as an American citizen, would have all the rights guaranteed to him by the Bill of Rights, [would be allowed to] make a First Amendment defense, and would not be exposed to the death penalty. Rather than sending Department of Justice lawyers into the courtroom to make that representation, the United States had a political appointee in the Embassy in London send a letter to the court--which the court rejected. So [the court] said [Assange is] not being extradited and he's entitled to appeal to our bosses, our seniors, on these issues.

The point Judge Nap is making is that, rather than having a responsible official from DoJ—the arm of the US government in charge of the prosecution—provide the assurances that the British appeals court demanded, the US had an official who had no influence at all over how Assange would be treated in the US simply write a letter saying, in essence, ‘Trust me. I’m totally unconnected to the case, but just trust me.’ Mac rightly terms this extraordinarily arrogant behavior on the part of the US.

Mac: You and I have talked about Assange before and I think we concluded that he was probably in a lot of trouble—if he returned to the United States he probably wouldn't survive. He'll end up "hanging himself" in a jail cell or something. So I think it's a blessing that he's not being brought back here. I regret that President Trump did not pardon him, because I don't see Assange as a criminal who deserves to be killed--which I guess was something that Pompeo argued as head of the CIA to president Trump. I think the court made a good decision. We were stupid but we are also extraordinarily arrogant. We think that whatever we say, whatever view we express, should be taken to heart without question. We should be embraced and our will obeyed. I think it's pretty clear that even the British, who are one of the leading vassal States of American military power in its bid for hegemony, are unwilling to do that--thank goodness!

The Judge: Talking about vassal States, is Israel a vassal state of the United States or is the United States a vassal state of Israel--or is neither of those the case in your view?

Mac: Oh, I think that we can make a good argument that this is a Wag the Dog scenario. Israel is very much in charge, and all you have to do is look at the Senators, the self self-described Republicans, people like Tim Scott, I think, Cruz and others who are heaping abuse all over the Biden Administration for even considering any delay [in supplying genocidal munitions to Israel]. And now they've got legislation waiting to be passed to ensure that Israel effectively gets whatever it wants immediately. So I think it's pretty clear that the Israeli government, supported by the [Jewish] diaspora in the United States and the wealthy oligarchs that are here, is pretty much getting What It Wants. I don't think there's much question about that. So we're responding.

The Judge: The Senators you mentioned--there were about 12 of them, I don't know if senator Scott was on there but Senator Cruz was one of those who led the charge--signed a one-page letter [to the ICC] which sounded like it was written by a a Mafia Don, except the Mafia is smart enough not to threaten a prosecutor in writing. They threatened this prosecutor who brought the indictment to the court, the International Criminal Court, this morning and basically saying, 'If you go after prime minister Netanyahu we'll go after you!' That turned my stomach, especially since I know some of them. Two of them are graduates of Harvard Law School! They certainly know what the law is, but they're still willing to engage in this kind of thuggery. I'm happy that the prosecutor seemed unmoved by it. Doesn't the United States have sort of an iron grip on this court?

Mac: Well I know that Senator Cruz--at least a year ago, or two years ago--had an Israeli citizen as his National Security advisor. Oh, and I think there are many like that on the Hill--they're everywhere. And now maybe they're dual citizens, which is another unfortunate development in the history of our country. But, nevertheless, that being the case, and I think many of these people [senators] are simply sort of hanging a neon sign on the door saying, 'Please send more money to me, if you're thinking about preserving and enhancing the power and the influence of the Israeli State, because I'll do it.' I think that's about it.

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The Judge: Are there events military confrontations between Hezbollah and the IDF in the West Bank [sic?] that the mainstream media is not even telling us about?

Mac: Well, there's a lot of evidence that Hezbollah has done a pretty good job of shaping the battlefield, as we call it, to their advantage--systematically attacking what we call command and control. Communications, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance capabilities. They've managed to make life unbearable for the Israelis on the other side of the border from where they are, to prevent anybody from returning. So I'd say, yes [sic], we haven't been told a great deal about that. And I'm not surprised, because the media wants to create the illusion that Washington has things under control. It doesn't. Washington has lost control everywhere.